confront. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

confront

SYLLABICATION:	con·front
PRONUNCIATION:	kn-frnt
VERB:	Inflected forms: con·front·ed, con·front·ing, con·fronts
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility: I wish to confront my accuser in a court of law. 2. To bring face to face with: The defendant was confronted with incontrovertible evidence of guilt. 3. To come up against; encounter: confronted danger at every turn.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	To engage in confrontation: “She got no child support. [She] didn't argue or confront” (Gail Sheehy).
ETYMOLOGY:	French confronter, from Old French, to adjoin, from Medieval Latin cnfrontre : Latin com-, com- + Latin frns, front-, front.
OTHER FORMS:	con·fronter —NOUN con·frontment —NOUN confron·tative —ADJECTIVE


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